2021夏季書單｜原創真太監BL、英文小說

雖說是夏季書單，但實際上跟季節沒什麼關係，單純是這個夏季目前為止讀的書。今年的熱浪來得又急又猛，一園子的葉草不是曬成了麥色，就是逐一傷成褐色。溫度轉換間，看書的興致沒有減低，這個類別讀膩了就換一個，得興了就暴飲暴食，偶爾又被什麼關鍵字戳中了開關，不一而足。

就是搭配的飲品跟著氣候更迭著。今年夏天唯一的改變是酒少喝了；雖然不願意正視這個問題，但興許是年紀的關係，對於啤酒的耐受性越來越差，一喝酒就要頭疼。

可能因為斷斷續續休了兩個星期的假，又跑去國家公園遠離塵囂，完全提不起勁來記錄心得。但讀的多是好書，眼睛痛得算有價值。

原創

這一季原創看得很少，只在夏初的時候莫名地被真太監BL文給吸引了好一會兒。太監文以前也不是沒看過，但這次只挑真太監啊，無根無卵蛋，但有攻有受。

書名	文案	讀後
不想了 by 花卷	本想養只小奶狗，結果是條瘋狗。皇子x太監原創小說 – 古代 – BL – 中篇皇子x太監（真貌美太監）受重生年下前期都是戲精，一個裝乖一個扮溫柔雙惡人，攻有點瘋主角三觀不代表作者三觀	攻不是有點瘋，根本有病，但他誰也不管什麼也不怕，只要太監一個；人不管不顧了就天下無敵。雖說擺在現實生活中怕是恐怖情人一枚，但受也不是任人擺佈的軟柿子，所以很般配。後面的平行世界交錯和「副CP」有點刻意要點出兩個人的真愛和來得不易的愛。覺得不需要，正文有讓人感受到愛。有肉，有點強制。
被太監糟蹋以後 by 陽剛猛男弦上	被白月光親手給了宮里的大太監原創小說 – BL – 長篇 – 葷素均衡古代 – 第一人稱 – 先婚後愛 – 病嬌太監攻X暗衛受素聞東廠廠公為人陰險、性情暴戾，是人人避之不及的存在。我原以為暗衛一輩子都不會接觸到那樣的大人物。直到愛慕了十餘年的殿下，為了權力，將我送給了他。【自行避雷︰攻是真太監！！】	真太監攻得來不易！！光這點這文就要站上排行榜首！對我來說唯一的缺陷是少時白月光的設定，雖然解釋了攻的執念，但這種劇情吃多了有點膩口。攻受雖然心中都有些隱匿的顧慮，但都不是咬著不放上演瓊瑤戲碼的人，所以感情正向，可以放心閱讀。肉多又濃烈。
大璫 by 童子	所愛隔山海，山海亦可平。	眾人推的經典文，廣播劇也做了，但讀到一半就失去耐心；可能是腳色繁多又近全民BL。人物刻劃很細膩，這點是真的讀來有體會到作者的用心。

真太監BG文還是要大推零落成泥的嫁給一個死太監！

英文

書名	書介	讀後
The Big 4 by Agatha Christie 四大魔頭	Framed in the doorway of Poirot’s bedroom stood an uninvited guest, coated from head to foot in dust. The man’s gaunt face stared for a moment, then he swayed and fell. Who was he? Was he suffering from shock or just exhaustion? Above all, what was the significance of the figure 4, scribbled over and over again on a sheet of paper? Poirot finds himself plunged into a world of international intrigue, risking his life to uncover the truth about ‘Number Four’.	大愛波洛，但牽扯到組織犯罪興致就低得多。算是波洛受挫次數最多的一個故事吧。
Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie 東方快車謀殺案	Just after midnight, a snowdrift stops the Orient Express in its tracks. The luxurious train is surprisingly full for the time of the year, but by the morning it is one passenger fewer. An American tycoon lies dead in his compartment, stabbed a dozen times, his door locked from the inside. Isolated and with a killer in their midst, detective Hercule Poirot must identify the murderer—in case he or she decides to strike again.	經典經得起重讀；即使知道手法讀起來還是很有興味。剛好另外讀了一本也是鐵道相關的The Excursion Train，截然不同的背景和探案另有新意；西村京太郎也得拿出來重讀了。
Claws for Concern by Miranda James	Charlie Harris is busy enjoying his new grandson when a mysterious man with a connection to Charlie’s family starts visiting the library, bringing with him troubling questions about an unsolved murder… Charlie may be a proud new grandfather, but he and Diesel still have work to do at Athena College and the small Mississippi town’s public library. He’s too busy to deal with true-crime writer Jack Pemberton, who wants Charlie as the subject of his latest book–and who won’t take no for an answer. A more appealing proposition for Charlie is spending time helping a kind, elderly man navigate the library’s genealogical database. But he’s shocked when he learns that the visitor’s search is focused on a member of his own family: his late aunt’s husband. Charlie befriends the man and considers inviting him to stay in his home, but he’s soon given reason to question that notion. Jack is certain that Charlie’s new houseguest was involved in a shocking homicide that took place years ago in a small town near Athena. As this cold case heats up, Charlie and Diesel have to uncover a killer who may already be too close to home…	買這本單純是看上有貓，順便湊免運。組合是年長的圖書館志工Charlie和緬因貓Diesel，這是系列書中的一本。打發時間的小品，兩個月前看的書現在已經連劇情都不太記得了。
Make Russia Great Again by Christopher Buckley	Herb Nutterman never intended to become Donald Trump’s White House chief of staff. Herb served the Trump Organization for twenty-seven years, holding jobs in everything from a food and beverage manager at the Trump Magnifica to being the first general manager of the Trump Bloody Run Golf Course. And when his old boss asks “his favorite Jew” to take on the daunting role of chief of staff, Herb, spurred on by loyalty, agrees. But being the chief of staff is a lot different from being a former hospitality expert. Soon, Herb finds himself deeply involved in Russian intrigue, deflecting rumors about Mike Pence’s high school involvement in a Satanic cult, and leading President Trump’s reelection campaign. What Nutterman experiences is outrageous, outlandish, and otherwise unbelievable—therefore making it a deadly accurate account of being the chief of staff during the Trump administration. With hilarious jabs at the biggest world leaders and Washington politics overall, Make Russia Great Again is a timely political satire from “one of the funniest writers in the English language” (Tom Wolfe).	雖然對政治冷感，但看這本書一直笑出豬叫聲。川普一向喜歡在媒體曝光，又很有個人風格；這裡因此把他的談話行事作風仿得一絲不差。其他人物各有在現實生活中的對應，平常有在追新聞的人看起來應該更有感。雖說一直看到噴笑，但想到和現實的雷同就覺得頭痛。就像看原創關關小黑屋、追妻火葬場不失閱讀興致，但實際上還是要報警的。可偏人家曾經是世界上最有權力的人之一呢，只能呵呵兩聲。
The Excursion Train by Edward Marston	Set in 19th century England, a bustling crowd boards the Great Western Railway Excursion train on their way to an illegal championship fight in Maidenhead. As the rowdiness of the crowd increases, the train’s guard fears “for the safety of his rolling stock.” The last thing he expects to find is the brutal murder of one of his passengers, Jake Bransby. Once the shocking discovery of the body is made, Detective Inspector Robert Colbeck and his assistant Inspector Leeming, are called to the scene. Faced with what initially appears to be a motiveless murder Colbeck is perplexed by the murder weapon, a noose — until he later discovers Bransby previously worked as a public executioner. However, the more he delves into the case the more mysterious it seems to become. After a second death by noose takes place Colbeck knows he must act quickly. Can he catch the murderer before more lives are lost? Rich in historical detail The Excursion Train will hold you captivated from beginning to end.	雖說看電視劇和漫畫也喜歡走現代科技鑑識路線的，但推理小說還是偏好舊時背景，一步一腳印，或上門查訪或搖椅神探。這個鐵路警探系列的主角是工薪家庭出身，卻在禮節衣著上自持得高一些的黃金單身漢；他的搭檔長得更像反派，講求工作生活平衡，不想出差，只想每天準時回家見妻子。兩個配合得恰到其分，又不讓人想推bromance，算是男性搭檔中的清流。故事推展雖然慢了點，但一環扣著一環，很是佳作。
No Exit by Taylor Adams	A thriller about four strangers, a blizzard, a kidnapped child, and a determined young woman desperate to unmask and outwit a vicious psychopath A kidnapped little girl locked in a stranger’s van. No help for miles. What would you do?	每個人都有倒楣的一天，但這本的主角，真的頭上頂著個碩大的「慘」。你只能佩服她的毅力和腎上腺素，大部分的人大約在半途就要放棄赴死，希冀從惡夢中醒過來了吧。現在籌拍電影，預計2022年上映
The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James	The secrets lurking in a rundown roadside motel ensnare a young woman, just as they did her aunt thirty-five years before, in this new atmospheric suspense novel from the national bestselling and award-winning author of The Broken Girls. Upstate NY, 1982. Every small town like Fell, New York, has a place like the Sun Down Motel. Some customers are from out of town, passing through on their way to someplace better. Some are locals, trying to hide their secrets. Viv Delaney works as the night clerk to pay for her move to New York City. But something isn’t right at the Sun Down, and before long she’s determined to uncover all of the secrets hidden…	這本好看推薦。年輕女主在經歷喪母之後決定追查家族裡避而不談的未解決案件；聽起來有點老調重彈，但她真的從手邊僅有的少量資訊親臨現場，再一點點揭開真相。金手指開得不大。中間一度徬徨，以為誤闖靈異小說，還好還是有走上正途。
The Whisper Man by Alex North	In this dark, suspenseful thriller, Alex North weaves a multi-generational tale of a father and son caught in the crosshairs of an investigation to catch a serial killer preying on a small town.	看到小孩子對空氣說話不是驚恐看到鬼，就是當作發展過程中幻想的朋友。但和當父母最大的恐懼結合，就是這本書的主軸。孩子的話或許聽起來不真實，但只是透過他們的三稜鏡折出不同的色彩。
*Sht My Dad Says by Justin Halpern**	More than a million people now follow Mr. Halpern’s philosophical musings on Twitter, and in this book, his son weaves a brilliantly funny, touching coming-of-age memoir around the best of his quotes. An all-American story that unfolds on the Little League field, in Denny’s, during excruciating family road trips, and, most frequently, in the Halperns’ kitchen over bowls of Grape-Nuts, Sht My Dad Says* is a chaotic, hilarious, true portrait of a father-son relationship from a major new comic voice.	講話不修飾的老派爸爸語錄，一個下午可以讀完的輕鬆小品。寫作風格很普通，勝在有個有個性的爸爸。
An Unwanted Guest by Shari Lapena	A weekend retreat at a cozy mountain lodge is supposed to be the perfect getaway . . . but when the storm hits, no one is getting away	正．暴風雪山莊殺人事件。多角視點；氣氛營造得還不錯。覺得和The Guest List比起來，這本比較有Agatha Christie的型態，稍微有點解謎的意味。缺點在擺出了一個要解謎的人，他也說出了應該知道兇手的話，但解答過程中卻不讓他參與，另讓外人臨門一腳插入。另外一點是兇手殺人的動機足夠，不知道為什麼要莫名加上一個psychopath的設定，畫蛇添足。然後看了一下作者的名字，是了，之前讀了他的The Couple Next Door，風格一致：懸疑緊張，角色塑造仔細，但鍾情多餘的反社會人格設定。
The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman 週四謀殺俱樂部	Four septuagenarians with a few tricks up their sleeves A female cop with her first big case A brutal murder Welcome to… The Thursday Murder Club	四個過著優渥退休生活的老人各有長處，邏輯演算、裝瘋賣傻、用老邁的外表蒙騙旁人，就是主角外掛開得有點大。本來覺得作者有點貪心，在一本書內展開越來越多四人的細節，才發現原來打算出系列書，還蠻可以期待。不知是不是作者是製作電視劇背景的關係，讀起來很有些看影集的既視感。看完想跟瑪波小姐重聚。
The Man on the Balcony by Maj Sjöwall	The chilling third novel in the Martin Beck mystery series by the internationally renowned crime writing duo Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö, finds Martin Beck investigating a string of child murders.In the once peaceful parks of Stockholm, a killer is stalking young girls and disposing their bodies. The city is on edge, and an undercurrent of fear has gripped its residents. Martin Beck, now a superintendent, has two possible witnesses: a silent, stone-cold mugger and a mute three year old boy. With the likelihood of another murder growing as each day passes, the police force work night and day. But their efforts have offered little insight into the methodology of the killer. Then a distant memory resurfaces in Beck’s mind, and he may just have the break he needs.	馬丁貝克系列作的第三本。這本十分好讀，想入門的可以從此開始，不至於太沉重緩慢。想來收一套了。
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid	Aging and reclusive Hollywood movie icon Evelyn Hugo is finally ready to tell the truth about her glamorous and scandalous life. But when she chooses unknown magazine reporter Monique Grant for the job, no one is more astounded than Monique herself. Why her? Why now? Monique is not exactly on top of the world. Her husband has left her, and her professional life is going nowhere. Regardless of why Evelyn has selected her to write her biography, Monique is determined to use this opportunity to jumpstart her career. Summoned to Evelyn’s luxurious apartment, Monique listens in fascination as the actress tells her story. From making her way to Los Angeles in the 1950s to her decision to leave show business in the ‘80s, and, of course, the seven husbands along the way, Evelyn unspools a tale of ruthless ambition, unexpected friendship, and a great forbidden love. Monique begins to feel a very real connection to the legendary star, but as Evelyn’s story near its conclusion, it becomes clear that her life intersects with Monique’s own in tragic and irreversible ways.	五十到七十年代的好萊塢生態歷史小說；以一個性感女神的腳色道盡時代的轉變。逼真得讓人心酸。

中文

書名	書介	讀後
桐花祭 by 呂仁	本書集結了呂仁於二○○四年至二○○七年間，發表於《推理》月刊雜誌上的六篇精華，每篇小說都嘗試著不同的寫作題材、類型。首先，從〈桐花祭〉這篇展開本書主人翁韋達霖與易月理這對活寶夫妻的偵探生涯；而〈上行列車殺人事件〉則有著台灣少見的鐵道推理題材，利用「南迴」、「東部幹線」的時刻表，埋出一條隱藏犯罪可能的線索，從中可看出作者架構情節的巧思；〈真假店員〉中以倒敘推理展開故事，犯人作為第一人稱，讓讀者從犯罪者的眼光窺視整個犯罪過程的可笑和主人翁韋達霖的妙智；〈情詩殺人事件〉中用情詩做素材的暗號推理，在台灣偵探創作中則屬少見；而〈洋娃娃〉的歌謠推理虛構了知名童謠的背景，並賦予新詮釋；〈土人多多不勝殺〉則是突破傳統的「反暴風雨山莊」推理小說。篇篇皆屬佳作，不容錯過！	極少讀台灣作者的推理作品，也少讀這樣風格的小說；貼近生活又用作台灣地域的背景，明明不獵奇殺人也沒有困在孤島上的窘況，卻讓人覺得有點發毛。最喜歡土人多多不勝殺這篇，生活中為了執念做的事果然還是最可怕啊！真假店員和金田一的一個短篇風格很像，這些偵探到底是要把臨出家的犯人逼到什麼程度才夠啦！
老派少女購物路線 by 洪愛珠		差點因為書名而錯過。寫作風格本來以為她年紀稍長，內文看了才驚覺竟是一輩人。在異鄉多年，中間也曾回家住上一陣子，真正能體會在飲食之間多一分少一分都和回憶拼湊不上。
筷：怪談競演奇物語 by 三津田信三、薛西斯、夜透紫、瀟湘神、陳浩基	在夢中與人捉迷藏的怪物、不擇手段實現願望的仙君、邀請生者前往地府的新娘── 日本、香港和臺灣，三起發生在異國的怪談，如何因一名妓女的犯罪告白，彼此糾纏？身在「罪孽」的漩渦中，人又要怎麼戰勝命運？	會買這本書是在CCC創作集看了《不可知論偵探》奔著海鱗子的初登場去的。驚為天人！光是繞著「筷子的怪談」和「左手有魚紋的人」竟然可以兜出這樣風格迥異卻又無縫隙的好文。超級感謝獨步文化的編輯大人！
不可知論偵探 by 薛西斯&鸚鵡洲		在CCC創作集看到的時候，本來有點擔心道士偵探的設定，但是完全沒有問題呢！看完就決定要買回來收藏，非常期待二部曲。